Ħal-Tarxien Prehistoric Complex
Neolithic temple complex of four linked megalithic structures with carved spirals and animal reliefs.
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This guide to the Ħal-Tarxien Prehistoric Complex, on the edge of Valletta, starts in a farmer's field in the years before the First World War, when tenant Lorenzo Despott was working the soil and his plough struck something hard. It follows museum director Themistocles Zammit and the local crew he hired, and the carved spirals, animals and stone giant they uncovered. Best heard standing in the South structure.
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